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UNITED STATES GEORGE E. EBERHARD,

PATENT OFFICE.

OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,516, dated May 8, 1888.

Application filed December 27, 1887. Serial No. 259,068. (No modelJ.

To all whom it may concern.: v

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. EBERHARD, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same;

My invention relates to improvements in buckles; and itconsists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan. Fig. 2 is an elevation in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

A represents the side, and A the end members of the buckle, the former being integral with crossbar B, the said crossbar in turn being integral with tongue O. The cross-bar may be flat and broad enough to accommodate hole b for attaching a strap or other part ofthe harness to this cross-bar by means of rivets or other suitable fastening. Tongue O for a short distance is about perpendicular to the crossbar. The tongue is bent approximately at a right angle, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2,

'the free or hookend thereof', c, extending y where the tongueis straight.

A second cross-bar or so-called keeperloop,77 D, is integral with and depends from cross-bar B, the two bars being separated far 3 5 enough ,to admita strap loosely betweenthem.

The two bars do not register, by reason of which holes b are accessible for fastening the rivets therein-. i n securing, for instance, astrap to cross-bar B.

What I claim is-L- 1 1. The herein-described buckle, consisting of the frame, the cross-bar located between the end members ofthe frame, the bent Atongue integral with said cross bar, and a second cross- 45 .bar located fi'n avplane below the first crossbar and forming a forth.

2. The herein-described buckle, consisting of the frame, the cross-bar located between the 5o end members of `the frame and provided with the bent tongue and with perforationsfor permanently attaching a strap-end, and a second cross-bar located in a plane below the firstY cross-bar and forming a loop, substantially as 55 set forth. In testi mony whereof I sign this specification,

in the presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of October, 1887. f

GEORGE F. EBERHARD.

loop, substantially as set Witnesses:

OHAs. H. DORER, ALBERT E. LYNCH. 

